Chapter 3. Data serialization—working with text and beyond
- Working with text, XML, and JSON
- Understanding SequenceFiles, Avro, and Protocol Buffers
- Working with custom data formats
MapReduce offers straightforward, well-documented support for working with simple data formats such as log files. But the use of MapReduce has evolved beyond log files to more sophisticated data serialization formats—such as text, XML, and JSON—to the point that its documentation and built-in support runs dry. The goal of this chapter is to document how to work with common data serialization formats, as well as to examine more structured serialization formats and compare their fitness for use with MapReduce.
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